This Danish damsel played on the new Jack White album. Her own rural guitar squall explorations sound authentically eerie and distressed. This layered pedal steel instrumental would fit great into a Coen brothers backwoods noir scene. It’s the first single off her second album, Shaken, out October 14 on Bloodshot. – Eric Davidson

I don’t live by many hard and fast rules, but if there’s one thing in life worth sticking to it’s that any new Weezy/Drizzy collabo is automatically my track of the week. Grindin is the latest of the bunch and is allegedly for Wayne’s much hyped, oddly cryptic Carter V release, which at this point has somewhere around a 60% chance of actually existing. Until its release, this woozy Auto-Tune fest will be a solid addition to my Wayne and Drake Spotify playlist somewhere in between “HYFR” and “The Motto” (Don’t judge me). – Max Lefkowitz

“I don’t know” is by far my most well-worn response to questions. It frustrates everyone, including me. But I have a feeling if I could sing it the way Nick Hakim does, my perpetual uncertainty would go over a lot better. – David Velásquez

With a new EP due the last week of August, Brooklyn’s Salt Cathedral gave us a preview of what to expect with Holy Soul. Breathy and sweet vocals fold and twist over themselves, creating a sense of yearning as finger snaps and handclaps add a catchy staccato to accompany the pulsing drums. Ethereal electronics and the quiet reverence of an organ work together to create a slow build in urgency and ache that sounds like distant memories of a lover floating away from you in some blue-green sea. It’s the perfect antidote to the muggy August heat. – Carrie Brothers